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The latest foodservice management practices, food-safety news and more.
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Food allergies on the rise

 Jun. 23, 2015

Six percent of children and 3 percent of adults now suffer from food allergies, with the main culprits being gluten, milk, eggs, fish, nuts and soy.

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Massachusetts university becomes food-recovery certified

 Jun. 22, 2015

Framingham State University is now Food Recovery Certified and instead of throwing extra food away, food provider Sodexo will donate it to people in need.

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Texas schools to lift ban on deep fryers

Jun. 22, 2015

The 10-year ban deep-fried foods is being scuttled because eating should be a matter of the child’s choice, says Texas Agricultural Commissioner Sid Miller.

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Students tour school cafeteria

Jun. 22, 2015

Cafeteria managers at Acushnet Elementary School encourage tours, saying students may eat more of certain items if they know why the food on their trays is good for them.

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Pennsylvania school district to scan students’ thumbprints for lunch

Jun. 22, 2015

The program requires students to scan their thumbprints so that the government can track their purchases.

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Nutrition education via gardening

Jun. 19, 2015

Students in Hurley, Wisconsin, participate in a garden-to-market program, through which they grow food in the school garden and sell it at a local farmers market.

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Town sells university food waste as compost

Jun. 19, 2015

The town of Farmington, Maine, recycles food from the local University of Maine campus and animal waste from nearby fairgrounds, selling it as compost to the public.

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7 takeaways from the CIA’s Menus of Change conference

By Peter Romeo on Jun. 19, 2015

The three-day dive into ways of fostering health and sustainability yielded what one speaker termed a “bowl of noodles” of foodservice ideas and issues.

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Remembering Jim Little

By Bianca N. Herron on Jun. 19, 2015

Little, co-founder of Cini-Little International, Inc. recently passed away after a battle with Leukemia.

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Food a major consideration when choosing a college

Jun. 19, 2015

As young people become more health conscious, they are paying serious attention to dining options when considering where to spend four years of their lives.

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